flair
英 [fleə]
美 [flɛr]
- n. 天資；天分；資質；鑒別力
- n. 人名；(法)弗萊爾
助記提示
1. 飛在邊緣是小鳥(fledge => fledgling)，飛入湖中是雪花(flake), 飛在空中是本能(flair)，飛來的姑姑在炫耀(flaunt).
2. 飛在空中.
3. Flair－→fl→(fly飛)+air(天空)→fly in the air→天高任鳥飛(鳥在此指有天賦者) n.天賦,眼光
中文詞源
flair 天資，天賦來自拉丁語fragrare, 釋放氣味，聞，詞源同fragrant. 字母l和r異化。原指獵狗的靈敏的嗅覺，後形容人的特殊能力，天資。
英文詞源
- flair (n.)
- mid-14c., "an odor," from Old French flaire "odor or scent," especially in hunting, "fragrance, sense of smell," from flairier "to give off an odor; stink; smell sweetly" (Modern French flairer), from Vulgar Latin *flagrare, dissimilated from Latin fragrare "emit (a sweet) odor" (see fragrant). Sense of "special aptitude" is American English, 1925, probably from hunting and the notion of a hound's ability to track scent.
雙語例句
- 1. Campese was his usual mixture of flamboyance and flair.
- 坎佩塞和平常一樣穿著時尚新潮。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Their work has all the usual punch, panache and flair you'dexpect.
- 他們的作品一如既往地引人入勝、氣韻瀟灑、新穎別致，不會讓你失望。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was a born mechanic with a flair for design.
- 他生來就是個有設計天賦的機械師。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Democracy and entrepreneurial flair often sit uneasily together.
- 民主與創業才幹常常不能融洽地並存。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He has a flair for languages.
- 他有學語言的天分。
來自《權威詞典》